Teachers’ Belief, Willingness to Act, Consistency, and Potential Willingness to Act on Elementary Gifted Classes

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-643
Author(s):  
Sang-Ihn Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Gifted

Supporting elementary gifted learners during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of teaching practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 026142942110700
Author(s):  
Keri M. Guilbault ◽  
Kimberly McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
School Closings ◽  
Gifted Learners ◽  
Elementary Gifted ◽  
Curriculum Specialists ◽  
One Year

The present mixed methods study aimed to understand the challenges faced by teachers of the gifted and how elementary gifted learners were supported and taught during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was administered to 310 elementary school teachers of the gifted across the United States between March and June 2021, one year after initial school closings. Focus groups were utilized to further explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the work of teachers of the gifted in their schools. Educators shared lessons learned from this experience related to (a) a better understanding of how to utilize remote instruction, (b) reimagining the gifted education classroom, and (c) use of a variety of strategies to provide more student choice, differentiation, and individualized pace. Results from this study provide insights that can guide educators, curriculum specialists, and school administrators to improve online instruction for gifted learners in the future.

For The G/C/T Classroom: Finding The Right Resources: Research Activities

G/C/T ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Shade
Keyword(s):  
Gifted Students ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Elementary Classroom ◽  
Gifted Program ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Integral Component ◽  
Elementary Gifted ◽  
The Right ◽  
Source Of Information

Research has been and should continue to be an integral component of any gifted program. Of the three basic types of research (historical, descriptive, and experimental), the first two types are most often engaged by students in the elementary classroom. These two types of research usually involve an encyclopedia as a primary source of information. Unless students are given the opportunity to be exposed to the wide variety of resources at their disposal it is unlikely that they will discover them on their own. It is the purpose of this article to provide the teacher of elementary gifted students with five research activities that can help expose students to those different resources. The activities should take about one week to complete, except for the final one. The purpose of the activities should be explained to the students before beginning them.

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